Leonardo spoke to Mourinho before taking Inter job

onDecember 29, 2010byDavid

I was really surprised to hear Leonardo talk about his phone call with Jose Mourinho before he took the Inter job and his relationship with the “Special One” in today’s press conference. This is what Leonardo had to say about his relationship with Mourinho:

“He has been great to me. I called him because I don’t think you could come to Inter without going through him. José is everywhere and it doesn’t surprise me, for that’s the way it should be. We exchanged ideas on lots of things and I now share his opinions on lots of things because he’s an intelligent person, because he knows everything about this place, because he’s still here in spirit – he left everything here. I’m very happy about what he told me. I rate Mourinho as a true world-beater. Behind his brilliant press conferences, his jokes and his remarks, there’s an immense amount of work. An absolutely immense amount of work. He dedicates his life to football and his work is still here, at Inter.”

I think Mou desrves that. I beleive that Leonardo will get an enoromus support from the special one to build Rafa torned Inter afresh. I also appreciate what has been done by Morati for Inter fans by firing Rafa at the right time.